title: Predicting treatment success in social skills training for adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: the UCLA Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills.
abstract: This study seeks to examine the predictors of positive social skills outcomes from the University of California, Los Angeles Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills, an evidence-based parent-assisted social skills program for high-functioning middle school and high school adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. The results revealed that adolescents with higher parent-reported baseline social skills and lower self-reported perceived social functioning demonstrated greater improvement in social skills following the intervention.
authors.affiliation: 1University of California, USA.
authors.forename: Ya-Chih
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Laugeson
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gantman
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ellingsen
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frankel
authors.forename: Ashley R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Dillon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012649:Self Concept; D066107:Social Skills; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills; adolescents; autism spectrum disorders; friendship; predictors; social skills